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Using and accessible style and an interdisciplinary approach, this popular text provides students with fundamental information on current issues and problems common to developing areas, while also offering regional coverage of Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Southern Near Abroad, and the Middle East. The authors describe the similarities and differences among nations within these regions and trace events and issues in selected countries.

Preface

vi

About the Authors

ix

PART I Global Issues in the Other World

1 THE OTHER WORLD

1

(17)

Defining the Other World

2

(1)

The Changing World

2

(3)

Understanding the Other World

5

(2)

Characterizing the Other World

7

(4)

The Dilemma of the Other World

11

(1)

Summary

12

(6)

ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION

13

(5)

2 THE OLD AND THE NEW: COLONIALISM, NEOCOLONIALISM, AND NATIONALISM

18

(29)

Colonialism

19

(1)

History of Colonialism

20

(2)

Motives for Colonialism

22

(6)

The Legacy of Colonialism

28

(3)

Neocolonialism

31

(6)

Nationalism

37

(1)

Summary

38

(9)

ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION

38

(9)

3 POLITICAL ECONOMY

47

(29)

Politics, Economics, and Political Economy

48

(1)

Stages of Global Political Economy

49

(1)

From Colonialism to Neocolonialism and "Development"

50

(13)

Globalization

63

(2)

Conclusions

65

(1)

Summary

66

(10)

ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION

67

(9)

4 WOMEN AND DEVELOPMENT

76

(19)

Women and the Legacy of Colonialism

77

(3)

The Evolution of Nationalism

80

(4)

Women and the Push for Modernization

84

(3)

Women and Globalism

87

(3)

Summary

90

(5)

ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION

90

(5)

PART II Other World Regions

5 LATIN AMERICA

95

(47)

Geography

97

(5)

People and Culture

102

(5)

History

107

(5)

Economics

112

(3)

Government

115

(27)

CASE STUDIES

1. Mexico

118

(3)

2. Brazil

121

(4)

3. Cuba

125

(4)

FLASHPOINTS

The Organization of American States (OAS) and Venezuela

129

(4)

Violence in Colombia

133

(9)

6 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

142

(60)

Geography

143

(5)

People

148

(2)

History

150

(1)

The Colonial Experience

151

(6)

Government

157

(9)

Economics and Natural Resources

166

(29)

CASE STUDIES

1. South Africa

170

(4)

2. Nigeria

174

(2)

3. Zimbabwe

176

(2)

FLASHPOINTS

Africa and AIDS

178

(2)

Slavery and Human Trafficking

180

(1)

Civil Wars and Communal Violence

181

(12)

Sub-Saharan Africa and International Terrorism

193

(2)

Summary

195

(7)

7 ASIA

202

(30)

Introduction to Asia

202

(1)

Geography

203

(5)

Religion in Asia

208

(20)

CASE STUDIES

1. The People's Republic of China: The Dragon

210

(5)

2. India: The Elephant

215

(3)

3. The Four Asian Tigers: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea